The contributions of Henri Victor Regnault in the context of organic chemistry of the first half of the nineteenth century

AUTOR(ES)

Reif-Acherman, Simón

FONTE

Química Nova

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2012

RESUMO

A very little known aspect of the scientific career of Regnault is his contribution to the emerging organic chemistry in the first half of the nineteenth century. The purpose of this article is not only to describe two of his most important researches in this field, as were the discovery of two series of halogenated derivates of certain organic compounds and the precise identification of some of the then recently discovered alkaloids, but also the main features that identified his research method. With the involvement in these subjects, Regnault unintentionally positioned himself in the midst of some of the polemics about the classification of organic compounds that characterized this age of science.

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